INSTRUCTOR
PSYC2237 Psychology of the Actor
Designed new course (click for syllabus)
We are all consumers of acting: just consider the frequency with which people watch TV, film, and theater. What is it that allows actors to enact a character in an imaginary world? This course explores the psychology of actors. Topics include early childhood signs of acting talent, personality traits of actors, cognitive processes used in acting, mental illnesses prevalent in actors, and how acting techniques could be used by non-actors in everyday life (e.g. for hypnosis, therapy, emotion regulation and expression, and increasing empathy). Where relevant, we compare actors to other kinds of creative arts.
Designed new course (click for syllabus)
We are all consumers of acting: just consider the frequency with which people watch TV, film, and theater. What is it that allows actors to enact a character in an imaginary world? This course explores the psychology of actors. Topics include early childhood signs of acting talent, personality traits of actors, cognitive processes used in acting, mental illnesses prevalent in actors, and how acting techniques could be used by non-actors in everyday life (e.g. for hypnosis, therapy, emotion regulation and expression, and increasing empathy). Where relevant, we compare actors to other kinds of creative arts.
TEACHING ASSISTANTSHIPS
PSYC2274 Sensation and Perception
This course begins with a survey of the historical and conceptual foundations for our understanding of how the physical world is perceived, and then systematically explore the anatomical/biological basis of sensation (that is, how the physical world is translated into the raw language of the nervous system) and the cognitive processes underlying perception (how our brains reconstruct the physical world from these neural inputs) for each of the human senses. PSYC1120 Introduction to Behavioral Statistics and Research Methods I Applied "flipped classroom" techniques This course is the first in a two-semester sequence surveying research methodologies and statistical procedures. In this first semester the emphasis is on statistics. Students are introduced to the most common topics and procedures in descriptive and inferential statistics. PSYC1120 is a large lecture course with a smaller breakout section. PSYC1032 Emotion The primary goal of this course is to develop students' understanding of psychological research: how questions are formulated, what methods are used to test them, and how results are interpreted. Along the way, students will learn about both classic and current research on emotion; and will likely also come to understand emotions more deeply, or at least from a new perspective. PSYC333601 Clinical Psychology Guest lecture: Dissociation in Actors This course is an introduction to the fundamental concepts and principles of clinical psychology. Issues associated with clinical treatment are addressed, including the nature of mental health and the distinction between normality and pathology, the definition of change and the processes by which change occurs, the therapeutic relationship, and the factors influencing the course and oucome of psychotherapy. PS241 Social Psychology This course explores the scientific study of social thought and behavior. Main topics include the role of the mind in social life, moral judgment, prejudice and stereotyping, biases and decision making, and the psychology of the self. The primary goals of this course are to explore how social psychology asks and answers questions, and in so doing to learn more both about theories and key findings from the field, and about the methods involved in coming to these findings. PS110 Psychology as a Natural Science This course considers how the brain works, genetic influences on behavior (e.g., temperament and attitudes), the conditions that promote learning, how memory works, how we see, and neural and psychological aspects of different states of consciousness (e.g. sleep, change blindness, and meditation). We are living in a world that is increasingly psychological, and, thus, it has become increasingly important to apply science to the understanding of psychological phenomena. PS260 Introduction to Developmental Psychology Guest lecture: Creativity and Development This is an introductory - level course on developmental psychology. We cover a wide range of topics from genetics and biology to cognitive and social development, and many things in between. We begin with prenatal development and cover development through late childhood. We cover theories and supporting research - both classic and modern. |
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